Major challenges facing the Health sector in Kenya:a) Increase in population has posed major challenges to the government in the provision of healthcare services to its citizens.b) The cost- sharing policy introduced in the 1980s to help buy medicine and other equipment has prevented the poor from going to the hospitals.c) The spread of HIV and AIDS and other diseases such as Diabetes and Heart diseases has worsened the situation.d) Cultural practices like Female mutilation have made provision of medical services more challenging. e) Pollution of the environment has increased allergy-related ailments, many of which have no cure.
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